The Home Hazelhurst Arts Centre 29 August - 8 November 2020 - Sutherland Shire Council

The Home
                 Hazelhurst Arts Centre
             29 August – 8 November 2020
         K-6 Education Kit: Tracey Clement

Tracey Clement, Mix and Match City, 2020, recycled laser-cut cardboard and mixed media,
installation size varies. Photo: Silversalt

                              Produced by Hazelhurst’s Public Programs & Education team, 2020

THE HOME
Hazelhurst Gallery & Arts Centre
29 August – 8 November

K- 6 Education Kit

Tracey Clement, Mix and Match City

 Tracey Clement and collaborators, Futurama 2.0 (detail), 2019, recycled laser-cut cardboard and mixed
 media, installation size varies, tallest building approx 70cm. Photo: Rebecca Shanahan.

Tracey Clement is a Sydney based artist and writer. Her art making uses a wide range of materials
and techniques and often involves 3-dimensionsal practices or installation. Her 2019 installation
Futurama 2.0, exhibited at Fairfield City Museum and gallery, is a futuristic vision of a utopian city
that involved more than 50 people, including children.

Futurama 2.0 is the basis for her present work Mix and Match City, a model of a mini city using
architectural models constructed from six basic shapes that resemble classic art deco skyscrapers
from New York or Chicago, Aztec pyramids, adobe masterpieces from Timbuktu, Persian towers,
pan-Asian pagodas and suburban Aussie bungalows.

Tracey Clement thinks that if these very different building styles can exist together with harmony,
maybe we can too.

Tracey Clement is exhibiting Mix and Match City in The Home exhibition with Christopher Zanko,
Catherine O’Donnell, Kevin McKay, Nuha Saad and Lucy O’Doherty at Hazelhurst Arts Centre, 29
August to 8 November 2020.

Directions for use

Step 1 – View the video: Tracey Clement

Step 2 – Engage in discussion questions

Step 3 – Make an artwork using the template and directions provided.

Curriculum outcomes

Early Stage 1 & Stage 1   Stage 2 & Stage 3
Visual Arts               Visual Arts
Making                    Making
VAES1.1                   VAS2.1
VAS1.1                    VAS3.1
VAES1.2                   VAS2.2
VAS1.2                    VAS3.2

Appreciating              Appreciating
VAES1.3                   VAS2.3
VAS1.3                    VAS3.3
VAES1.4                   VAS2.4
VAS1.4                    VAS3.4

Mathematics               Mathematics
Communicating             Communicating
MAe-1WM                   MA2-1WM
MA1-1WM
                          Three-Dimensional Space
Patterns and Algebra      MA2-14MG
MAe-8NA                   MA3-14MG
MA1-8NA
                          Two-Dimensional Space
Three-Dimensional Space   MA2-15MG
MAe-14MG                  MA3-15MG
MA1-14MG

Two-Dimensional Space
MAe-15MG
MA1-15MG

Tracey Clement, Mix and Match City, 2020, recycled laser-cut cardboard and mixed media, installation size varies.

Tracey Clement, Mix and Match City, 2020 (detail), recycled laser-cut cardboard and mixed media, installation size varies. Photo:
Silversalt

Step 2

Discussion questions

          What does the artist Tracey Clement make?
          How would you describe it?
          What shapes does she use?
          What colours do you see?
          Does anything repeat?
          Do any of these buildings remind you of a place you have seen?
          How big is each piece? How large is her whole mini-city?
          Is there anyone there? Do you see any cars?
          If you could be there, how would you feel?

Additional questions for Years 3 to 6

          What is a metropolis?
          What does utopia mean?
          Why has the artist used different shapes of buildings in her city?
          What is the difference between 2 dimensions and 3 dimensions?
          Why are there no living things or cars in her city?
          Why do you think Tracey Clement created Mix and Match City?

Step 3

 Art making: Create a Mini City
 Materials
    Templates for building shapes copied onto paper, preferably 210 gsm.
            Please note: to be true to scale, the templates for Large Pyramid and Large Cuboid are
            photocopied onto A3 paper. All other templates are copied onto A4 paper.
           Scissors
           Glue sticks
           Textas, coloured pencils and stickers or decals to decorate
 Steps for creating a Mini City
 Each student requires one to two shapes, eg: a cube and small pyramid, or a large pyramid and
 a cube.
 Also to complete a tower: a pinnacle and maybe a small and large circle.
       1. Colour using pencils and textas.
       2. Cut out along the solid lines.
       3. Fold along the dotted lines.
       4. Apply glue to the tabs and join to complete the 3 dimensional shape.
       5. Use things you have at home to decorate your building: glitter, coloured tape, stickers.

6. Assemble your pieces to create your mini-city building and add collectively to create a
          mini city.

Evaluation
Students as a group discuss:
        What you like and why.
        What works well?
        How would you move around this city?
        If you lived here, what else would it require?

 Glossary
 2D Shapes             Flat shapes that only have two dimensions of width and height. Examples of
                       2D shapes include: squares, triangles and circles.
 3D shapes             An object or shape that is not flat and has three dimensions of length,
                       breadth and depth. Examples of 3D shapes include: a cube, cone and
                       triangular prism.
 Bungalows             A small low house with only one storey or has a second storey built within a
                       sloping roof.
 Laser-cut             A cutting technique using lasers to cut materials such as cardboard, wood or
                       plastic.
 Metropolis            A large and busy city.
 Pagodas               A tiered, multistorey tower often seen in most parts of Asia. Temples and
                       places of worship in Asia often feature pagoda structures.
 Utopia                An ideal or imagined place that is considered perfect.

Cube

Rectangular prism

Small pyramid

Please copy or print the
last three templates onto
         A3 paper.

      Large Cuboid
      Large Pyramid
     Pinnacle Circles

Large Cuboid

Large Pyramid